different between dope vs moron
dope
English
Etymology
From Dutch doop (“thick dipping sauce”), from Dutch dopen (“to dip”), from Middle Dutch dopen, from Old Dutch *d?pen, from Frankish *daupijan, from Proto-Germanic *daupijan?.
Sense “narcotic drug” originally from viscous opium pastes, “insider information” perhaps from knowing which horse had been doped in a race. Related to English dip and German taufen.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [d??p]
- (US) IPA(key): [do?p]
- Rhymes: -??p
Noun
dope (countable and uncountable, plural dopes)
- (uncountable) Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- (uncountable) An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.
- (uncountable, aeronautics) Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen, etc.
- (uncountable, slang) Any illicit or narcotic drug that produces euphoria or satisfies an addiction; particularly heroin. [from late 19th c.]
- (uncountable, slang) Information, usually from an inside source, originally in horse racing and other sports. [from early 20th c.]
- Synonym: scoop
- (uncountable, fireams) Ballistic data on previously fired rounds, used to calculate the required hold over a target.
- (countable, slang) A stupid person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool
- (US, Ohio) Dessert topping.
Derived terms
- dope fiend
- dope house
- dope man
- dope sheet
- dope slap/dope-slap
- dope story
- dopeless
Translations
Verb
dope (third-person singular simple present dopes, present participle doping, simple past and past participle doped)
- (transitive, slang) To affect with drugs.
- Synonym: administer
- (transitive) To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).
- (transitive, electronics) To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).
- (intransitive, now chiefly sports) To use drugs; especially, to use prohibited performance-enhancing drugs in sporting competitions.
- (slang, transitive, dated) To judge or guess; to predict the result of.
Derived terms
- dope up
Descendants
Translations
Adjective
dope (comparative doper, superlative dopest)
- (slang) Amazing.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:awesome
Translations
References
Anagrams
- deop, depo, op-ed, oped, p.o.'ed, p.o.ed, pedo, pedo-, pode, poed
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [do?p?]
Verb
dope
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of dopen
French
Etymology
From English dope
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?p/
Noun
dope f (plural dopes)
- (informal) illicit drug, narcotic
Verb
dope
- first-person singular present indicative of doper
- third-person singular present indicative of doper
- first-person singular present subjunctive of doper
- third-person singular present subjunctive of doper
- second-person singular imperative of doper
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?do?.p?]
Verb
dope
- inflection of dopen:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Ido
Etymology
From dop +? -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?do.pe/
Adverb
dope
- back, behind, aback
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dope/, [?d?o.pe]
Verb
dope
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dopar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dopar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of dopar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of dopar.
dope From the web:
- what dopest means
- what dope means in spanish
- what dopey means
- what do peacocks eat
- what does
- what does wap mean
- what does simp mean
- what does sus mean
moron
English
Etymology
Coined by psychologist Henry H. Goddard in 1910, from Ancient Greek ????? (m?rós, “foolish, dull”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m????n/
- Rhymes: -????n
Noun
moron (plural morons)
- (informal, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
- (dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.
- Synonym: feeble-minded
Usage notes
The current medical term for having an IQ between 50 and 70 is “mild intellectual disability”.
Synonyms
- Thesaurus:fool
- Thesaurus:idiot
Derived terms
- Baltimoron
- moronic
- moronicity
- moronism
- moronocracy
Related terms
- oxymoron
- sophomore
Translations
Further reading
- Moron (psychology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Monro, normo-
Esperanto
Noun
moron
- accusative singular of moro
French
Etymology
From English, from Ancient Greek ????? (m?rós, “foolish, dull”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?.???/
Noun
moron m (plural morons, feminine moronne)
- (Quebec) moron, idiot
Adjective
moron (feminine singular moronne, masculine plural morons, feminine plural moronnes)
- (Quebec, informal) stupid
Middle English
Noun
moron
- Alternative form of morwe
Romanian
Noun
moron m (plural moroni)
- Alternative form of morun
Declension
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mo??on]
- Hyphenation: mo?ron
Adjective
moron (comparative daha moron, superlative en moron)
- fool, stupid, idiot, moronic
Noun
moron (definite accusative moronu, plural moronlar)
- a moron
- Bir morona a??k oldum. — I fell in love with a moron.
Declension
Welsh
Etymology
From Old English moran, plural of more (“edible root, carrot, parsnip”), from Proto-West Germanic *morh?, from Proto-Germanic *murh?, from Proto-Indo-European *mr?k- (“edible herb, root, tuber”).
Noun
moron f pl (singulative moronen)
- carrots
Mutation
Further reading
- "moron" in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (A Dictionary of the Welsh Language). University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014.
moron From the web:
- what moron means
- what moron means in slang
- what's moron in spanish
- what moron means in english
- what moron means in spanish
- moron meaning in urdu
- moringa means
- moron meaning in arabic
you may also like
- dope vs moron
- passion vs fondness
- food vs rations
- detached vs callous
- elevation vs grandeur
- fling vs trick
- pernicious vs black
- showy vs bespangled
- detached vs deliberate
- abate vs dilute
- avoidance vs obviation
- vex vs pique
- roguish vs designing
- mud vs waste
- fit vs skilful
- obscure vs undercover
- oddity vs craze
- estimation vs rank
- attaining vs acquisition
- primal vs oldest